Definitions
Definitions
Definitions
Questions
NJ Ask Practice
100
A nonliving factor in an ecosystem; light, water, and so on are important abitoic factors
What is abiotic factor
100
A living organism that eats other living organisms for its food need
What is consumer
100
An animal that eat plants
What is herbivore
100
A pond is a simple example of an ecosystem. Describe how a pond meets the three conditions of an ecosystem.
What is 1. when water meets the land 2. there are living animals 3. the fish and the frogs reproduce
100
Which of the following would most likely happen if the wolves were to disappear from this food web?
What is B-raccoon population would increase
200
A factor in an ecosystem that is living; plants and animals are biotic factors
What is bitoic factor
200
A living organism that breaks down dead organisms into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
What is decomposer
200
The process of a lake gradually filling up with sediments
What is lake succession
200
Suggest how a lion, which only eats meat, relies on green plants for its survival
What is a lion eats the herbivore, the herbivore eats the producer
200
Which of the following is not involved in the nitrogen cycle?
What is A-volcanoes
300
The process by which the element carbon moves through the Earth`s system
What is carbon cycle
300
The process by which dead organisms breaks down dead organisms into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
What is decomposition
300
The process by which the element nitrogen moves through the Earth`s system
What is nitrogen cycle
300
Name a herbivore, carnivore, and an omnivore common in NJ.
What is rabbit-herbivore wolf-carnivore raccoon-omnivore
300
Which of the following is not required for a plant to begin photosynthesis?
What is A-sugar
400
An animal that eats other animals
What is carnivore
400
The study of natural environment systems
What is ecology
400
The process of a grassland gradually giving way to trees
What is old field succession
400
Describe a community in which that population might live.
What is they would live with Zebra`s and hyena`s
400
Great horned owls and prairie falcons eat field mice that live on grass seeds. Which of the following explains the relationship between these species?
What is D- there are two predators, one herbivore, and one producer
500
All of the species living in a particular area
What is community
500
The food relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem
What is food web
500
An animal that eats both plants and other animals
What is omnivore
500
Describe one example of population
What is a pride of lions
500
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor?
What is C- runoff carries nitrogen compounds into a lake, causing algae to grow
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